How to Say I Love You in 13 Fictional Languages

By Heather Keane

At Hodderscape Towers, we don’t do Hallmark Valentines. We get the galactic dictionaries out and learn a new geeky language, and woo our beloved on the day by telling them, “I love you” in Dothraki, or Klingon, or Wookie. We propose in Elvish, and we officiate our weddings with a passionate Thu’um. Here’s a list of romantic phrases in fictional languages from Star Wars, Game of Thrones, and some more of our favourite sci-fi and fantasy books, TV shows, games and films.

1. Shyriiwook (Wookie) – Star Wars

2. Ewokese – Star Wars

3. Huttese – Star Wars

4. Klingon – Star Trek

Pronounced bahng-WI’ shokh, this translates as “you are my love.”

5. Vulcan – Star Trek

6. Sindarin (Elvish) – Lord of the Rings

7. Khuzdul (Dwarvish) – Lord of the Rings

Or another Khuzdul phrase…

… that translates as “you mean more to me than my beard.”

8. Dothraki – Game of Thrones

9. Dovahzul (Dragon) – Skyrim

Which translates rather beautifully as “I burn for you.”

10. Trigedasleng (Grounders) – The 100

11. Na’Vi – Avatar

12. Furbish – the language of Furbies

13. Groot – Guardians of the Galaxy

If you really want to smash this Valentines, check out our collection of geeky Valentine’s day cards. Go forth and romance, fellow nerds.

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Written by Heather Keane

Heather does Digital Marketing at Hodder and likes books, tweets, and tweets about books, as well as being a massive Star Wars nerd and a lover of fantasy RPGs.